Wednesday, February 9

Ovi magazine; Wednesday February 9th, 2022 – National Pizza Day

 

The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday February 9th, 2022 – National Pizza Day


Vital Autonomy for the People’s Republic of Donetsk and the People’s Republic of Luhansk. The Way Ahead by Rene Wadlow

There are many dimensions to the current tensions on the Ukraine-Donbas-Russia frontiers, both geopolitical and domestic considerations.  There are long historic and strategic aspects to the current crisis.  Security crises are deeply influenced both by a sense of history and by current perceptions.  There have been bilateral discussions between U.S. and Russian authorities, between Russian and French leaders, between Russian and Chinese  leaders, between the Ukrainian leader and a number of others and multilateral discussions within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), within NATO, at the U.N. Security Council, and within the European Union.  For the moment, there has been no de-escalation of tensions nor a lowering  of troop levels.

Currently, there is only one permanent structure for multilateral negotiations on the Ukraine tensions – the “Normandy Format” which brings together the representatives of Ukraine and Russia, France and Germany primarily to negotiate on the status of the separatist People’s Republics.

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Oil Rig” #poem & #painting by Nikos Laios

“An oil rig spewed
Black oil somewhere
In the North Sea,
A column of smoke
Rose up to the blue sky”

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Insert Brain Here 2.0 #002 #cartoon by Paul Woods

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